It took five days to crowdfund forensic testing for a 52-year-old unsolved homicide, police said.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/colleen-audrey-rice-found-dead-1971-identified-crowdfunded-dna-testing-police-look-for-suspect/
The disgraced South Carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and son says blood-spatter evidence from a T-shirt is garbage.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/alex-murdaugh-fights-to-bar-blood-spatter-evidence-from-murder-trial
Forensic pseudoscience introduced into the courtroom has been used to convict and render death on people based on the thinnest of evidence.
— Read on www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/we-need-to-get-junk-science-out-of-courtrooms
Last week there was a flurry of stories about the discovery of uranium in a shipment of scrap metal. In a highly speculative story British tabloid, The Sun mentioned that the uranium could be used to make a “dirty bomb.” Just how dangerous was the illicit uranium?
— Read on www.acsh.org/news/2023/01/20/uranium-found-heathrow-airport-16819
Remains found in the Iron Ridge section of Carroll County in 2022 are those of a child approximately four to seven years in age according to a report by the…
— Read on www.thecarrollnews.com/news/10242/remains-of-child-found-in-carroll-in-2022
Alysia Adams later told investigators that Ivon Adams beat Athena Brownfield at about midnight Dec. 25, according to an affidavit.
— Read on www.courttv.com/news/searchers-for-missing-oklahoma-girl-find-remains-of-child/
Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science | AAAS
— Read on www.science.org/content/article/unlucky-numbers-fighting-murder-convictions-rest-shoddy-stats
Alabama Supreme Court Eliminates Critical Safeguard Against Wrongful Convictions in Death Penalty Cases
— Read on eji.org/news/alabama-supreme-court-eliminates-critical-safeguard-against-wrongful-convictions-in-death-penalty-cases/
There are 23 missing Indigenous people across King County.
— Read on www.kentreporter.com/news/while-many-were-found-work-remains-to-protect-indigenous-people/
Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance, who have spent 30 years in prison for a crime they say they didn’t commit, are hoping to obtain conditional freedom as the federal government reviews their second-degree murder convictions.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/quewezance-sisters-judicial-review-hearing-second-degree-murder-1.6709406
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